Linotype-machine.



PATENTED JULY 2, i907.

P. T. DODGE. LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 22, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIom PHILIP 'r. DODGE, or WASHlNGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHAIlElt LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION on NEW- YORK.

LINOTYPE-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Batented July 2,1907;

Application filed February 2,-I907. Serial No- 355375- To all whom it may concern: 7 I

Be it known that I. PHILIP T. Donor:, of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linotype-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to linotype machines in which the magazines, containing the fonts or sets of matrices, are arranged for removahat will by sliding them forward anddownward out of the main-frame, so that they may be replaced by other magazines containing matrices for different faces.

It is designed more particularly for use in the machines in which plural superposed magazines are employed. In these uni-chines, matrices released one at a lime'from the magazines pass into the verti ,ly channeled plate at the front. through which they descend to the assembling devices below, this channeled plate being variously known as the face-plate, raceway, &c.

'lheobject of the invention is to facilitate the removal of the magazine or magazines one at a time without the necessity of raising them from their operative positions, in order to permit their passage over the face-plate, and to this end it consists in combining with one or more magazines mounted in the frame and adapted to slide forward and downward from the operative position over inclined guides or supports which sustain them during their removal and insertion at the front, a'faceplate which is hinged or jointed so that it may be swung away from its operative position, and outof the path of the magazines when the latter are to be removed or inserted.

I believe myself to be the first to provide in a linotype machine having its magazine or magazines adapted to slide outward at the front over inclined supporting means, in any form or manner a face-plate or niceway which is adapted to receive the matricesirom the magazines, and which is so mounted that it may be instantly moved to and from its operative position, and it is to be understood that my invention may be embodied in many different forms to this end.

Inthe drawings I have shown my invention incorpo- I rated in a linotype machine of the 'general organization represented in the application of John R. Rogers, filed February 17, 1906, Serial No.'301,665,- but it is to be understood that it is applicable to any kindred machine.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine with the magazines,'face-plate and distributing mechanism shown in vertical cross-section, the

- zines partially removed.

to rear through the series of magazines andattendantparts, with the face-plate hung on a vertical axis and. swung open to permit the outward movement'of the magazines. Fig.- 5 Is; top plan view ofthe parts shown in Figt i. Referring to the drawings, A represents th'e moi-ill;

frame of the machine.

B, B, B '&'c., are ser es of inclined magazines mounted one above another in the top of-the inain frame, which is provided with the stationary supportsor guides u,s0 formed as to support the magazines in,- dependently and admit of their sliding one at a time into and out of the machine at the front, in the manner indicated in Fig. 1. I

. At the lower end oFeach magazine a series of escapements C will be provided to co-operate with the keyboard mechanism and effect the delivery of the respec tive matrices from therespective channels of themagii zines, as shown in the Rogers application, .or in any other suitable manner. These escapements may be attached to and form a permanent part of the maga- 7 5 zine, as shown in the drawings, or they may be mounted on the main frame in a manner well known in the art,

to permit the independent removal of-the magazines, these features forming no part of the present invention. --s0 D represents fixed channels OLthllQfltE forming upward continuations of the magazines, and E represents thedistributing mechanism by which the mat.-

ricos in the composed lines, returning from the castupward in front of the series of magazines. This plate is constructed as usual, with vertical channels and is open in the rear side so that the matrices delivered from the respective magizines may pass over a vertically adjustable bridge or plate L, as in the Rogers machine above named directly downward through the faceplate to the underlying belt H, by which they are delivered to the assembling mechanism, as usual. I Heretofore in all machines having the magazine removable at the front the face-plate has been rigidly and immovably secured to the main frame, and could be removed onlyby dismantling or disorganizing the machine. It is this fact which has rendered it neces: sary in preceding machines to employ a mechanism for raising the magazine or magazines, and the basei-fiame on which they rest, above the top of the face-plate G. preparatory to their removal at the hont. In order to l I overcome this difficulty, I mount the face-plate, or. that portion of the same which lies in front of the magazines, in such manner that it may be instantly removed from or restored to its operative position. this .being preferably accomplished by mounting the same on a horizontal or a vertical axis around which it may be freely turned.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, I have divided the face-plate horizontally at the point g, the lower portion below the level of the magazines being secured'rigidly to the main frame, while the upper portion is mounted to turn around the horizontal rod or pivot g. Thus mounted, the upper portion may be turned downward from the operative position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 1, leaving an open unobstructed space in front of the magazines, so that any one of the series may be withdrawn independently at will, and

.replaced by another.

When the magazines are inplace, the face-plate is turned up to its original position and secured by anysuitable fastening mechanism, such for example as the downward to the assembling belt or other assembling fss mechanism, and provided only it is hinged, pivoted, or otherwise so mounted that it may be instantly' swung or. moved to and from its operative position in front of the magazines. p v Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by'iLetters' Patent is:

1. In a iinotype machine, the combination oi. a mainframe having magazine sustoining' guides, 21 magazine of the outgoing magazine.

secure arranged to slide forwardzmd downward from its operatlve position out of the machine, and a channel-plate sustained by the frame in position to receive matrices from the magazine and arranged for instantaneous move ment from its operative position and beyond the path 2. In a llnotype machine, the combination of a mainframe, an inclined magazine mounted therein and arranged to slide endwise from its operative position out of the front of the machine, and n'channel-plnte arranged to receive matrices from the magazine, said plate hinged to swing from its operative position beyond the path of the outgoing magazine.

3. 1.1 n linotype machine, a mainframe having a series of inclined guides to sustain the magazines, :1 series of magazines mounted on the guides and adapted to slide independently out of the muchineat iho front, a channelplate adapted to receive the matrices from the magazines and hinged to swing beyond the path ofall the magazines and expose their ends.

4. In a linotype machine, the combination of the main frame, the series of superposed inclined magazines mounted in the frame and arranged to slide separately therefrom at the front, and a channel-plate arranged to receive matrices from the magazines, said channel-plate mounted to turn about the horizontal axis away from its operati've position to permit the removal of the magazines.

5. In a linotype machine, the combination of u mainframe, provided with a series of magazine-supporting guides, 11 series of inclined magazines mounted on said guides and arranged to slide outward independently from the front of the machine, a series of channels or throats 1) leading to the magazines and fixed to the main-frame that the magazines may be independently removed, a vertically movable bridge L adapted to be lowered below the path of the outgoing magazines, and a hinged channelplate G adapted to receive matrices from the magazines over the bridge L, and hinged to swing out of the path of the magazines; whereby the removal of eithermagazine at will is permitted without lifting it from its operative position, and without interference with the bridge or the channel-plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of January, 1907, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

PHILIP T. DODGE.

Witnesses:

MARGARET DOYLE, WALTER MosLARo. 

